Music in the Middle Ages

Which of the following developed during the Middle Ages

• Notation

• Expressions

• Polyphony

• Orchestra

Which of the following is true about the school system and the church

• The school were part of the church

• Composers trained in the church system

• Monks dominated the education system

• Nobility and peasants were welcomed to receive education

In the middle ages, what was the type of music that was NOT associated with pagan spectacles?

• Elaborate singing

• unaccompanied singing

• large choruses

• Instruments

What was the term used to describe the school of singers that was attached to the church of rome

• Schola Cantorum

• Schola Cantoria

• Schola Chorale

• Schola Chantik

What was the style of singing in the Gregorian Chant

• Monophonic

• Heterophonic

• Polyphonic

• Homophonic

Which of the following describes the idea of Neumes?

• They are the Latin words for 'gesture'

• It is written above the text

• It is used to describe the direction of the notes

• It is part of a clef

In Boethius's book, what were the elements discussed

• Consonance

• Scales

• Tunings

• Mannerisms

In a church mode, what is a reciting tone?

• The main note

• The last note

• The second most important note

• The semitones around the final

Who introduced the idea of 'Solmization'

• Boethius

• Guido of Arrezzo

• Pope Gregory

• Hildergard von Bingen

What is the term used to describe the text setting for 'Chants that include passages that have long melodic passages on a single syllable

• Syllabic

• Neumatic

• Melismatic

• Gregorian Chant